• Grapevine wreath, handmade or purchased 
• Large "branch" from a palm tree
• 3 l/2 " square block of dry foam
• 3 chenille stems, brown
• 3 yds. ribbon of your choice    (French wired ribbon works well) 
• 5 " length of covered wire or chenille stem to make the bow/streamer 
• 9 dried magnolia leaves(could be glycerinized also) 
• 12 stems of wheat and/or barley,  7 to 9 dried teasels
• 5 wood piks, or wooden skewers
• 5 pheasant feathers, purchased at a craft store
• Any pod or dried plant material that may be inserted, in keeping with the color harmony you've chosen ... this wreath is done in all earth-tones 

DIRECTIONS: 
Start with the grapevine wreath - lay it flat on a stable surface, so it's easy to work with. Then, break off sprigs with black berries from the palm "branch" . 

Tuck them into the wreath, at random, in any and all directions. Make sure the wreath is well-covered and full, as thickly-covered as you can make it. Don't neglect the inside rim, and also the outer perimeter. NO GLUE IS NECESSARY. 

Be sure you've added a twisted chenille stem through the back of the wreath as a hangar. A "storebought" one will probably come with a hangar. Use a brown chenille stem to blend in, if making one.  Also, be sure you remember to check as to which is the TOP and which is the BOTTOM before adding the decorative trim unit!  This is a pitfall for all of us who create and design wreaths !

Next, begin to affix/insert the stems of dried materials into the dry foam block. 
(Note: an IGLU filled with dry foam could be used.) Radiate outward from the center. 
Use wooden piks to bunch the wheat together in small groupings, as wheat stems are fragile.  If you work carefully, you can simply insert the individual wheat stems in separately. 

Fashion a bow or half-bow with streamer, and place onto a wood pik. Insert the pik carefully into the foam block, at a slight angle. I've place my decorative at the top left "corner", but it could be place at the center top, or center bottom, just as well. 

Carefully, after joining 3 brown chenille stems together into one long one, go up and
under the bow, across the foam block and through the other materials, position the
decorative unit up against the wreath, wrapping the chenille stem around to the back, pulling hard and wrapping the chanille stem TIGHTLY to attach. 

I've chosen to do this wreath in muted, subtle colors - but if you want a brighter, bolder look, add a splash of drama with a bow made of a tapestry pattern, or seasonal plaid or print, in vivid colors.